Filip
Filip is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to Philip.
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Filip
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Filip is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to Philip.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Dutch
- Czech
- Slovak
- Bulgarian
- Polish
- Croatian
- Serbian
- Slovene
- Macedonian
- Romanian
- Finnish
The Story of Filip
Filip first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1953, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2012: 127 births, good for #1,336 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 37% of all recorded Filips. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #2,629 among baby boy names with 50 births, falling sharply (-23%). In total, more than 2K Filips have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Filip
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Filip. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Filip
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About the name Filip
Filip is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1953 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Filip's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #1,336. Use the chart and map above to compare Filip's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.